{
  "id": 19571586,
  "title": "Ekeh: Africa’s Tech Identity Built on ‘Corporate Suicide’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/ekeh-africas-tech-identity-built-on-corporate-suicide",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/12/ekeh-africas-tech-identity-built-on-corporate-suicide/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Leo Stan Ekeh, the Chairman of Zinox Group, addressed an international gathering of women leaders at the International Women Leadership Conference (TIWLC) in Dubai. He recounted his decision to establish a technology company in Africa, a time when the sector was virtually non-existent on the continent, which he referred to as 'corporate suicide'. Ekeh encouraged the women to acknowledge their potential to shape industries, generate opportunities, and influence the future. He spoke to over 600 women industry leaders from various countries across the globe, aligning with the broader conversation on women's leadership, economic participation, and the need for greater representation in traditionally male-dominated sectors. Ekeh claimed to have returned to Nigeria from his studies abroad to a nation where his peers favoured banking, oil, and gas, and where technology was perceived as a foreign game. He described his decision as a 'corporate suicide' in the eyes of his parents and many others, admitting he had lost his fear by believing technology was the 'master key' to unlocking possibilities for Nigeria and Africa. Ekeh's journey was fraught with hardships, including living on one meal a day for over three years and sleeping in a tiny room in his office. He aimed to create a Nigerian and, by extension, an African IT identity when he launched his first company, Task Systems Ltd, over 35 years ago, which pioneered desktop publishing and computer graphics in Nigeria.",
  "summary": "Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has told an international gathering of women leaders that his decision to build a technology company in Africa, at a time when the",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}